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Last Updated: Wednesday, 8 December, 2004, 07:31 GMT
BBC move 'to boost house market'

The overhaul of the BBC dominates the newspapers, with the news many staff will be sent to Manchester hailed as a "boost to the North".

The Daily Telegraph predicts a 10% boost to the city's "stagnant" property market, while the Guardian asked other institutions if they would follow suit.

Buckingham Palace says the royal family already has "geographical spread," while Downing Street says plain no.

The Stock Exchange, it reports, was equally reluctant.

The Daily Mail chooses not to comment on the Corporation's plans, but instead, highlights a proposed law it brands a "charter for euthanasia."

The paper reports that MPs are demanding sweeping changes to the Mental Capacity Bill, which includes giving legal status to "living wills."

These set out how someone wishes to be treated if they become too ill to make the decision themselves.

Peace process hitch

MPs argue the legislation threatens to introduce euthanasia by the back door.

"If it looks insane, that is because it is," says Tim Hames in the Times about the latest hitch in Northern Ireland.

An agreement which he describes as comprehensive, profound and improbable seems, in his view, to have been brought down by a dispute over a photo.

The Democratic Unionist Party wants it to see evidence that the IRA's weapons are beyond use.

The Independent's correspondent, David McKittrick, says it is symptomatic of the lack of trust and confidence which dogs the peace process.

"Active listening techniques" are among the skills required for wheel clampers starting a Level 2 BTEC Award in Vehicle Immobilisation.

The Daily Telegraph reports that one of the country's biggest exam boards, Edexcel, has devised the qualification.

Trainees will spend 30 hours on the course. Half of the time will be devoted to techniques of clamping and associated paperwork.

The rest will given over to communications and conflict management.


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